Dust-pan.



PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904.

' J. R. FORDBN.

DUST PAN;

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1903 y no MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES RUSSEL FORDEN, OF RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN.

DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "772,093, dated October11, 1904. Application filed April 16,1903. Serial No. 152,950. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES RUssEL FORDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at River Falls, in the county of Pierce and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Dust- Pan, of which the following is aspecification;

This invention relates to dust-pans, and has for its object to improvethe construction and increase the efiiciency of devices of thischaracter; and the invention consists in certain novel features of theconstruction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in theclaim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which correspondingparts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalside elevation showing the device open. Fig. 3 is a similar Viewshowingthe device closed. Fig. 4 is a side view illustrating therelative positions of the parts when the device is being transported.

The improved device consists of a base or pan portion 10, havingsemicircular ends 11, and a semicylindrical rearportion 12, extendingfrom the rear edge of the base portion and also to the rear parts of theend portions 11 and forming a dust-receptacle open at the front andclosed at the rear. At its rear edge the base member 10 will be providedwith a combined elevating-lug and handgrip 13, which serves to maintainthe base member in an inclined position when resting upon the floor, asin Figs. 2 and 3, and also enabling the device to be more readilyhandled when being discharged. The base portion 10, end portion 11, andrear portion 12 will preferably be of one single piece of sheet metal ofsufficient thickness to withstand the strains to which it will besubjected, as indicated.

The cover is represented at 14 and is semicylindrical in form,conforming to the shape of and operative over the rear portion 12 andend members 11 by means of preferably in-' tegral arms 15, extendingfrom the ends of the cover and pivotally connected to the end members attheir centers, as at 21, so that the cover will swing around the parts11 12 and center of gravity, as will be obvious.

be retained a uniform distance therefrom at all times, as will beobvious. By this simple means the receptacle may be opened or closed atthe will of the operator.

Attached movably at 16 to the arms 15, intermediately of their lengths,are bracket members 17, extendingover the outer side of the cover andunited, as at 18, to a handle 19, the latter being of any suitablelength and size. The free edge 20 of the base 10 extends a shortdistance forward of the end members 11 and also of the cover member 14when the latter is closed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The weight of therear portion 11 and the combined grip and stop 13 is greater than theweight forward of the pivotal points 21,

Hence the pivotal points are forward of the By this simple arrangementwhen the device is to be used the cover 14 is moved by the handle 19into its open position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which action willcause the handle to extend in a position convenient to the hand of theoperator and with the receptacle in a convenient position to receive thesweepings. When the sweeping is completed, the cover member is drawnforward and the handle thereby caused to assume the forwardly-inclinedposition shown in Fig. 3, and when in this position if the handle beturned vertically and the device elevated thereby the heavier rearportionwi-ll-cause it to assume the position shown in Fig. 4, ready tobe transported to the locality where the pan is to be discharged, andwhen this is done the combined support and grip 13 will become a veryconvenient adjunct to assist in the operation. When closed and suspendedby the handle, as in Fig. 4, the, device is also'in convenient positionfor hanging upon a nail or hook when not in use.

The whole device is very simple in its construction, durable andefficient, and can be constructed of any desired size.

The relative locations of the pivotal points of the handle-brackets andof the arms of the cover members may be altered to any extent to changethe line of the center of gravity of the receptacle, if required.

The parts may be ornamented in any deand the pan lifted, the bulk of theweight of the pan will be thrown to the rear and thus cause the pan totilt to permit of its being carried without danger of spilling itscontents.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES RUSSEL FORDEN.

Witnesses:

W. J. BRIER, H. L. WILSON.

